Language: English

Published: London: Bloomsbury, 2008

ISBN: 1-4411-1597-8 978-1-4411-1597-3

Language: English

ISSN: 0013-5968

Abstract/Notes: Montessori education was developed over 100 years ago, and persists as a marginal ‘niche reform’ of the standard model. Here I discuss two unresolved dichotomies in early childhood education – the tension between work and play, and between structure and freedom. I explain how Montessori collapses and thereby resolves the dichotomies, and does so in a contemporary theoretical frame – one that is dynamical rather than linear. I next describe the origins and functioning of Montessori preschool environments, outcomes from the most methodologically sound studies to date, and impediments to Montessori’s more widespread adoption. I also show how Montessori is a culturally responsive pedagogy, and conclude by return to the dichotomies and how Montessori makes sense for the modern era.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2020.1832998

ISSN: 0300-4430, 1476-8275

Abstract/Notes: Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan untuk mengetahui teori dan praktik pendidikan Kristen bagi anak balita. Penelitian ini memakai metode kualitatif, pendekatan deskriptif dan teknik pengumpulan data melalui studi dokumen. Penulis mempelajari teori dan praktik pendidikan Kristen bagi anak balita secara luas dan mendalam untuk membangun konsep tentang pembelajaran yang sesuai dan bermakna bagi anak balita. Melalui penelitian ini ditemukan bahwa; pertama, kehidupan anak usia balita perlu diketahui dan dimengerti oleh mereka yang terlibat dalam dunia pelayanan anak agar proses pendidikannya efektif, apakah itu dalam konteks keluarga, sekolah dan gereja. Kedua, prinsip dan metode pembelajaran bagi pelayanan anak balita adalah khas disesuaikan dengan pertumbuhan dan perkembangan mereka secara fisik, sosial, emosi, iman, moral dan lainnya. Ketiga, peran pendidikan Kristen bagi pelayanan anak balita sangat signifikan dan turut menentukan kualitas mereka di mendatang supaya menjadi anak yang hidup sesuai dengan kehendak Tuhan.

Language: Indonesian

DOI: 10.51667/mjpkaud.v2i1.606

ISSN: 2798-6195

Language: English

ISSN: 1470-8647

Language: English

Published: London, England: H. M. Stationery Office, 1912

Series: Educational Pamphlets (Board of Education, Great Britain) , 24

Language: English

ISSN: 0028-5048

Abstract/Notes: It is only within very recent history – the past 25 to 30 years – that neuroscience has become a force in child development and educational research, as the tools to study the brain in action have improved and become more readily available. Although neuroscience research on reading, math, and social and emotional function also has important implications for education, this chapter focuses on executive function (EF) skills because these skills play an especially foundational role in learning and because they have been particularly well studied. Basic research on EF development has provided an important foundation for interventions designed to specifically target EF skills in young children, and suggests how to structure places of education to playfully explore their environments in intentional and attentive ways, to practice reflection, and to engage in self-regulated learning. Although neuroscience is a relatively new player in early education, it has transformed people's understanding of the conditions that support learning and brain development.

Language: English

Published: New York: Routledge, 2020

ISBN: 978-0-429-46828-5

Abstract/Notes: Whole systems thinking is a framework for seeing the whole picture, for establishing interrelationships and understanding phenomena as an integrated whole. Systems thinking may be contrasted with fragmentary thinking, which is viewing phenomena in their separate parts and focusing only on narrow specialisations. In an education for sustainability (EfS) context this means emphasising relationships: relationships between all the systems on planet Earth, and at different systems levels, as they relate to the environment, economics, government, health, and so on. Values and goals are also important aspects of these relationships. Sterling argues that: 'We are educated by and large to compete and consume rather than to care and conserve'. Furthermore, the same author maintains that because of the imposition of managerial and economic values on education we have lost touch with the social values and real-life contexts of authentic education. With these ideas in mind, this paper briefly examines the application of whole systems thinking on an EfS program at a small Montessori primary school in the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. [Author abstract, ed]

Language: English

ISSN: 0156-7608

Abstract/Notes: Delivered at Tenth International Democratic Education Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand

Language: English